A new toll road dubbed the "longest toll road" in Indonesia aims to reduce traffic congestion and travel time, but the Cipali road is unwaveringly straight for most of its 116 kilometres and drivers taking it face fatigue and loss of concentration.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA), which will be set up under the Transportation Ministry, will oversee ambitious projects including the inter-city high speed rail line and light rail transit network in all Indonesian cities.

Indonesians married to foreign nationals may one day be able to own a property without a prenuptial agreement, as a group of mixed-nationality couples are fighting for a change to the existing law that disallows them from doing so.

Indonesia’s Food and Drug Agency has increased inspections across the archipelago in light of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, but the lack of strong law enforcement and public ignorance has made it difficult to ensure food products are safe for eating.